Wire stretcher and holder.



No. 829,010. PATBNTED AUG. 21, 1906. F. HINIKBB 8L R. B. BEGKWITH.

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FRANK HINIKER AND ROBERT B. BECKWITH, OF CHINESE CAMP,

YALIFORNIA.

WIRE STRETCHER AND HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1906.

Application filed May 22,1906. Serial No. 318,135.

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Be it known that we, FRANK fl-lrNnrEn and Ronnia'r B. Bncicwrrn, citizens of the United States, and residents of Chinese Camp, in the county of Tuolumne, State of California, have invented certain new 'and useful Improve ments in Wire Stretchers and Holders; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beingr had to the accompanying drawings, and the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wire-holders used in stretching wires, and our obiject .is to produce such a wire-holder as wi l be simple and easily made and yet one which when used the harder the pull on the wire the tighter the same will grip it, also one in which it will be easy to insert the wire and also to release it as desired. This object we accomplish by a suitably-actuated spring gripping member and by such other combination of parts as will appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved wire-holder. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a section taken relatively on a line c of Fig. 2.

1 designates a small bar having a curved end 2 and bearing-shoulders 3 secured about the center of said rod. Hinged to the curved end 2 is a small spring-bar 4, which secures its tension by a slight curve upward as it nears the shoulders 5 `is a lug secured to the curved portion 2, and (i is a slot in the s )ring-bar 4 adapted to lit over said lug 5. it milled or roughened surface 7 is on the surfaces of the curved end 2 and the spring-bar 4.

In the outer end. of the bar 1V is secured a wire collar 8, in which works a bar 9, at one end of which is secured a ring 1() and at the other end a curved link 11, encompassing the bars 1 and 4, as shown, and bearing against the shoulders Si When it is desired to secure said holder to a wire 12, the bar 4 is released from the link 11, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and then said bar is placed over the wire, so as to contain the same between the milled surfaces 7, and then the lilik 11 is again placed in engagement over the said bar 4, and any suitable power is applied to the ring 1U, which pullson the bar 9, which causes the link 1 1 to grip the bar 4 and pull the same down toward the surface of the bar 1, thus gripping the wire 12 firmly, and the stronger the pull the tighter will the said wirc be gripped. The lug 5 acts as a bearing for the wire 12 and prevents it from slipping into the hinge of the parts 2 and 4. Thus it will be seen we have produced a wire-holding device for tightening wires which only grips the tighter, when great power is applied, also one which can be easily and inexpensively made, and one which will receive any wire.

Wye have now entered into a detailed description of the present and preferred embodiment of our invention. Many changes in the form of construction may, however, be resorted to at will without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

1. A bar curved at one end, a spring-bar hinged to said` curved end and means foi griplping a wire between said bars, as set fort i.

2. In a wire-holder for wirc-stretchers, a bar having a curved end, a spring-bar hinged to said curved engl and extending along the upper surface thereof and curving upward, and means for gripping a wire between said bars, as specified.

3. In a wire-holder for wire-stretchers a bar curved at one end, a spring-bar hinged to said curved end, circular shoulders about the center of said bar, a collar in the outer end of said bar, a bar working in said collar,

means at the inncr end of said last-named bar for pulling the said spring-bar toward the surface of the said first-named bar, as set forth.

4. In a holder for wirc-strotchcrs, a bar curved at one end, a s )ring-bar hinged. to said curved end circular shoulders secured to said first-named bar about the center thereof, a collar at the outer end of said first-named bar, a bar working in said collar, a link loosely se- IOO cured to the inner end of said last-named ber l between said hars being milied or Ioughened, xo and adapted to encompass the said rstas set forth.

named har and seid spring-bar and beer on In testimony whereof we afix our signa,- sziid shoulders, and a ring in the outer end of tures in presence of ltwo witnesses. said last-named bar, as set forth. FRANK HINIKER.

5. In a holder of wires a bar curved et one ROBERT B. BECKVVITH. end, u spring-har hinged to said curved end, a Witnesses: hifiy on said curved end, a slot in said spring- SAML. ARENDT,

har adapted to fit over said lug, the surfaces H. A. PRESTON. 

